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NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2018

4-H Family Newsletter

Hancock County

Hancock County Extension and Outreach

327 West 8th Street

Garner, IA 50438

(641) 923-2856

4-H Calendar

Volunteer Highlight

Market Beef Weigh –In

Snowflake Sensation Workshop

FLL Mock Tournament

What is FLL and Jr. FLL?

Britt Bakers

Healthy Living Club Challenge

Holly Jolly Holidays Workshop

Awards Program

Discovering Bugs - ASK club

Cool Kids Club Update

Babysitting Clinic

100 Year Highlights

4-H friends and families,

As 2018 comes to a close, we are celebrating an awesome 100th year of Hancock County Extension. Our

4-H family grew with the start of new Jr FLL and FLL clubs in both Garner and Britt. The Garfield Sluggers

4-H club has come back strong with more than 20 members after just the 1st meeting. Other new clubs

include the Cool Kids club and Britt Bakers - both meeting afterschool. We offered 53 different camps/

workshops for ages 5 to 18 reaching 703 youth from January—August 2018 in Hancock County. If you have

ideas for workshops please let us know, we are always looking for new ideas!

Be sure to sign up for our Snowflake Sensation and Holly Jolly Holiday Workshops before they get full. Has

your club discussed and explored the 4-H Healthy Living Club Challenge? Be sure to check out this

opportunities and more is in the 4-H Family Newsletter.

Reminders:

FIRST Lego League and Jr. FIRST Lego League will be practicing and showing off what they have

worked to accomplish so far at the Mock LEGO League Tournament from 2:00 - 4:00 pm on Sunday,

November 11th at the GHV Elementary Building.

The 4-H Awards ceremony for 4th-12th graders will be November 18, at 4:00 p.m. - anyone can bring

a theme basket for auction

Beef weigh-in will be Saturday, December 2nd from 9:30 - 11:00 am at the Hancock County

Fairgrounds

We are so proud of the 100 years that Hancock County

Extension has been able to serve and work for such a

wonderful community. Thank you for continued support of

our programs.

All the best,

Hancock County Extension Staff

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

FIND US AT: EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H

4-H CALENDAR November 11 First LEGO League Mock Tournament GHV Elementary 2:00 - 4:00 pm

November 11 Northwest Chargers club mtg Woden Community Center 2:00 pm

November 12 K- 1 Britt Creative Clovers WH Elementary 3:30 - 5:00 pm

November 13 K-1 Garner Lucky Clovers GHV Elementary 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

November 13 New Volunteer training Extension Office 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

November 18 Britt Broncos club mtg. GHV High School 3:00 pm

November 18 Hancock County 4-H Awards Program GHV Auditorium 4:00 pm

November 18 Orthel Jolly Workers club mtg. GHV Home Ec. Room 6:30 pm

November 18 Concord Challengers club mtg. GHV High School 6:30 pm

November 19 2nd-3rd Britt Creative Clovers WH Elementary 3:30 - 5:00 pm

November 19 Garfield Sluggers club mtg. Duncan Hall 6:00 pm

November 20 1st-2nd Garner Lucky Clovers GHV Elementary 3:30 - 5:00 pm

November 20 Concord Challengers club mtg. TBD TBD

November 21 Snowflake Sensation workshop Britt Municipal Building 10:00 am

November 26 Snowflake Sensation workshop Hancock County Extension 6:30 pm

November 26 Elcon Indians club mtg. Extension Office 7:00 pm

November 27 2nd-3rd Garner Lucky Clovers GHV Elementary 3:30 - 5:00 pm

November 27 Britt Bakers Club kickoff WH Elementary 3:45 - 5:30 pm

December 1 FLL and Jr FLL Regional Competitions Estherville and Webster City all day

December 2 Hancock County Beef Weigh-In Hancock County Fairgrounds 9:30 - 11:00 am

December 8 Jr FLL Expo Des Moines Science Center 9:00 - noon

December 10 Holly Jolly Holidays workshop Hancock County Extension 3:30 pm

December 10 Orthel Jolly Workers club mtg. First Lutheran, Britt 6:30 pm

December 12 Holly Jolly Holidays workshop First Lutheran, Britt 1:30 pm

July 23– 29, 2019 Hancock County District Fair

August 8-18, 2019 Iowa State Fair

NEW OPPORTUNITY—VIDEO TIP SERIES

Inside Wire!

Hancock County Extension is putting together a new video tip series called INSIDE WIRE! We are shooting short video clips pertaining to all things in life that Extension and Outreach can help with!

WE NEED YOU! We are looking for 4-H’ers who would like to be a part of our video series! We will be covering many different topics, and it would make a great communication or service project! Contact the Hancock County Extension Office to be a part of Inside Wire!

MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING

AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS

MAKE A CHRISTMAS GIFT & FAIR EXHIBIT

4-H ONLINE RE-ENROLLMENTS, PAY $20 FEE

Who: 2nd – 12th graders What: Make 3 snowflake blocks (a perfect 4-H Visual Arts exhibit for fair) Britt: Wednesday, November 21st 10:00 am – 11:00am @ Britt Municipal Building Garner: Monday, November 26th 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm @ Extension Office Cost: $10 for materials (scholarships available)

Snowflake Sensation

Workshop

RSVP: Space is limited. Payment and registration form required to secure sign up. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/hancock/news/snowflake-sensation-workshop

When: Saturday, December 2nd Time: 9:30-11:00 am Where: Hancock County District Fairgrounds, Farm Bureau Building

All beef who might possibly show in a market class, including bucket bottle return and pen of

three MUST have a beginning weight. Can’t attend on Dec.

2nd? Contact Taylor at nelson@iastate.edu for other

location options.

REMINDER: Anyone wishing to show their animal at the Iowa State Fair MUST get their animal retinal scanned.

FAIR 2018 MARKET BEEF WEIGH IN

Market Beef Weigh-In

Margaret said, “My favorite thing about 4-H is watching kids gain confidence. I’ve seen 4-Hers building skills, especially in communication, and now those 4-Hers are successful grown ups.” She loves that 4-H give kids an opportunity to explore their interests. She spoke highly of the value of 4-H being a safe place where you practice and get comfortable using life skills such as decision making, responsibility, communication, and time management. She loves that volunteering gives her a way to know the community. Hancock County Extension is very grateful for Margaret’s many years of involvement in the various groups she has helped to lead and serve.

Volunteer Spotlight: Margaret Guth

Margaret Guth came into 4-H as an adult with no background being a 4-H member herself. She was a club leader for the Liberty Go Getters for more than 10 years when her kids became active 4-H members. Since retiring as a club leader she helped as a volunteer parent with the Ellery Country Clovers and was an independent 4-Her mentor. She has been helping with the 4-H Afterschool Kids Club for 5 years.

4-H IS BASED ON RESEARCH

MOCK TOURANMENT –FLL AND JR FLL

team will transport to a place where you make the rules, learn to thrive in a new environment, and explore all that is around you.

Mock Tournament—Nov. 11th at the GHV Elementary

Join us on Sunday November 11th starting at 2:00 pm to watch what a FIRST LEGO League competition is all about. You will also get to see our Jr FLL Kids in action and see their working model and show me poster.

Teams from Hancock County will come together and get ready to compete in their Regional competitions. During our mock tournament we will see the robots complete missions, see how they will solve the space problems and see how they will work together as a team.

This years challenge is Moon Missions and Into Orbit. Prepare for blast off with FIRST® LEGO® League, break out of your earthly con-straints and go INTO ORBITSM. You and your

FIRST LEGO LEAGUE & JR FIRST LEGO LEAGUE Our Jr FLL teams (K-3rd grade) the LEGO Voyagers, LEGO

crafters, LEGO Robots, LEGO Workers, Ninjago Masters, Brick

Boys and Team LEGO are also

working on ways to learn more

about Mission Moon. They are

looking at what it would take to live

on the moon. The Jr FLL team’s goals are to:

Explore What do you need to know about the Moon to live there? What will you eat and drink? How will you get energy? How will you breath? What will you do for fun? What other problems will you have to solve?

Create and Test a Team Model to show your ideas.

Share Make a show Me Poster, Use it and your Moon base to share what you have learned.

The kids will transport to a place where you make the rules, learn to thrive in a new environment, and explore all that is around you.

Tis the season for Jr. FLL, and FLL competitions. This years

topic for Jr FLL and FLL is Into Orbit and Mission Moon. Our

FLL (4th-8th grade) teams need to solve a problem

concerning life in space and present it to the judges on

tournament day, along with programing

their robots to solve the missions on the

mat. Some space problems the teams are

working on are; how the loss of gravity

effects things, food stortage for astronauts,

atrophy, improving medical kits and doing CPR in space and

more. Jason Lackore, Hancock County Naturalist, was able to

blow up the space lab and give the kids a presentation about

space. Our teams are traveling to compete against other FLL

teams across Iowa. What FIRST LEGO League teams accom-

plish is nothing short of

amazing. It’s fun. It’s

exciting. The skills they

learn will last a lifetime.

They will be competing in

Estherville and Webster

City on December 1st.

LEGO Competitions

FLL Happenings - All things robotics

4-H PLEDGE

I PLEDGE MY HEAD TO CLEARER THINKING, MY HEART TO GREATER LOYALTY, MY HANDS TO LARGER SERVICE,

AND MY HEALTH TO BETTER LIVING, FOR MY CLUB, MY COMMUNITY, MY COUNTRY, AND MY WORLD.

NEW 4-H CLUB!

What: Make a new holiday treat each week. Discover the science behind cooking. And taste test your creations!! Who: 5th-6th Graders When: Tuesdays, 3:45-5:30pm Where: WH Elementary Art Room Cost: $20 for baking supplies (scholarships available) Why: 4-H Afterschool Kids Club for 5th-6th graders. RSVP: Space is limited to 20. Payment and registration form required to secure sign up. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/hancock/news/5th-6th-grade-ask-club-new

4-H Healthy Living Club Challenge - Sign up today!

EARN “MILES” FOR HEALTHY CLUB CHOICES

A new challenge from the state has been organized to engage 4-H clubs across the state to incorporate Healthy Living practices during their monthly club meetings. Each meeting, clubs have 3 challenge topic areas that they can complete to earn miles in the Race Across Iowa.

Offering water as the main beverage

Having fruits or vegetables as a snack option

Organizing structured physical activity

From November through the month of June, clubs will have 8 months to Race Across Iowa on our 1,400 mile route

through all 20 regions. Each of the challenge areas earns them an amount of “miles”. Periodically, a Bonus Challenge will be revealed for clubs to engage in to earn extra miles. Check out the webpage for more details and resources to help accomplish the varying challenge areas. The Top 5 clubs in the state accumulating the most miles will be recognized at the Iowa State Fair in August! By accomplishing challenges each month the club will earn “miles” - each club will submit a monthly tracker online, it is a very short and simple survey. This survey will showcase which challenges they completed and then totaling the miles that

they earned for that month. The Race Across Iowa map, connects all of our 20 regions and totals 1,400 miles! This may seem daunting, but if clubs average 1-2 challenges a month while also completing a bo-nus challenge at some point during the year, they will find their club successfully reaching the end of the route. For additional information and to sign up visit: www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/healthy-living-club-challenge

Britt Bakers - NEW 5th-6th ASK Club

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

FIND US AT: EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H

Does it sound like we have a blast doing hands on learning at 4-H Afterschool Kids club? We definitely do!! Watch for our spring semester registration to be available after the first of the year. We meet on Mondays at GHV and on Tuesdays at WH for a set number of consecutive weeks in a row right after school.

Our 3rd-4th grader 4-H ASK club was all about Exploring bugs this semester. We learned that insects have six legs, 3 body segments, and usually a four stage life cycle. We invented our own insects, explored arachnids, engi-neered our own insect habitats, examined our ant farm, and discovered all about bees from 4-Her Keifer Carlson!! Each week we also say our 4-H pledge, record our meeting minutes, and practice being positive 4-Her role models.

4-H AFTERSCHOOL KIDS CLUB UPATE

Discovering Bugs

4-H AFTERSCHOOL KIDS CLUB UPATE

Who: 2nd-6th graders What: We will be making dipped pretzels, paint chip greeting cards and gift tags. Give the items made as a gift or community service project, and get a head start on your fair exhibits.

Holly Jolly Holidays Workshop Cost: $15 for materials (scholarships available) Garner: Monday, December 10th

3:30 -5:00 pm Hancock County Extension Office Britt: Wednesday, December 12th

1:30 - 3:00 pm First Lutheran Church

RSVP: Space is limited. Payment and registration form required to secure sign up. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/hancock/news/holly-jolly-holiday-workshop

GET RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR EFFORTS

4-H Awards Program

Most 4-Hers Contest Clubs are in a competition! Which Hancock County 4-H club can have the highest percentage of club members present? Winning club will get

$25 towards a pizza party! Be sure to wear your red 100 year t-shirt. Silent Auction—Individuals, friends, clubs, families, or busi-nesses are invited to bring an item/items to be auctioned off in a silent auction. The three categories are: Kid, Adult, Food

Proceeds will go to Hancock 4-H programs to help offset the cost of workshops, events, and programs. 4-H Meal—Immediately following the awards program we will have a 4-H family meal. All 4-H families are invited as well as extended family, businesses, city and county officials.

4-H Award Program Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018

4:00-5:30 pm GHV Auditorium

4-H PLEDGE

I PLEDGE MY HEAD TO CLEARER THINKING, MY HEART TO GREATER LOYALTY, MY HANDS TO LARGER SERVICE,

AND MY HEALTH TO BETTER LIVING, FOR MY CLUB, MY COMMUNITY, MY COUNTRY, AND MY WORLD.

NEW 4-H CLUB!

zombies from taking over. We also had a fun snack and talked about what they would like to learn for future meetings. The

group gives 5th-6th graders a new opportunity to do 4-H right afterschool. They will develop leadership skills, work together as a team and focus on giving back to the community. November’s meeting will include a random act of kindness activity.

Who: 4th - 8th grade What: Youth preparing to babysit will learn

Safety for babysitters and kids they are watching Beginning s of basic First Aid Ages and stages of Child Development Ideas for educational entertainment Nutrition and healthy meals and snacks

When: Thursday, December 27th, 2018 Time: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm Where: Hancock County Extension Office

Hancock County

Extension Celebrates

100 Years

YEAR RECAP

Cool Kids Club Update

Hancock County Extension is starting a new 4- H Club for 5th and 6th grade. The Cool Kids Club meets once a month the GHV Elementary . We will learn about different topics each month ranging from Prosthetic tails, to ice cream, to being a good leader. Team

building games and snacks are also apart of our fun. Our first meeting we saved the world by working as a team to unlock the lock boxes. We stopped all the goblins, ghosts and

BUILD SKILLS

Babysitting Clinic

Cost: $15, includes lunch and completion certificate Watch our website, Face-book, and emails for additional

registration information. Class size is limited to 25.

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Hancock County November - December 2018

4-H Family Newsletter

i n v i t e d You’re

2108 4-H Awards and Recognition Program 4:00 pm, Sunday, November 18, 2018

GHV High School Auditorium

Most 4-Hers Contest

Club with the highest percentage of members

present win $25 towards a pizza party!

Please wear your red 100 year t-shirt.

Theme basket

Silent Auction

All are invited to create a theme basket. Silent auction proceeds will go to

Hancock 4-H program to help offset the cost of workshops, events, and programs.